Juliancolton Posted April 19, 2020 Share Posted April 19, 2020 42F by the river in PK and 28F at the house. Different worlds a few miles apart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPcantmeasuresnow Posted April 19, 2020 Share Posted April 19, 2020 Bottomed out at 27.8° this morning, the third day in row below 30. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gravitylover Posted April 19, 2020 Share Posted April 19, 2020 Yup third below 30 here too, not what I expected out of April this year that's for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hitman Posted April 19, 2020 Share Posted April 19, 2020 30f on the nose when I got up this morning. Beautiful out now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishRob17 Posted April 19, 2020 Author Share Posted April 19, 2020 Just finished raking parts of the yard...again. I’ve said if before, with all the the little twigs and small branches that fall with every wind event I have no idea how trees survive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gravitylover Posted April 19, 2020 Share Posted April 19, 2020 I think this may end up being the year our property ends up looking more parklike than ever before but I'm going to try to reduce the amount of grass to mow. It seems like 5 days a week we're doing hours of yardwork. We have some good sized projects ahead. If it comes together right we'll have a food producing setup like nobody else in the 'hood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
etudiant Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 2 hours ago, gravitylover said: I think this may end up being the year our property ends up looking more parklike than ever before but I'm going to try to reduce the amount of grass to mow. It seems like 5 days a week we're doing hours of yardwork. We have some good sized projects ahead. If it comes together right we'll have a food producing setup like nobody else in the 'hood. Food for whom? My garden in Connecticut was harvested messily by the local raccoons, just before the corn was ripe. They laugh at fences, so hope you have a serious dog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gravitylover Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 Heheh my problem is with much smaller critters but our 2 dogs may have solved that, they caught a couple of moles over the last few months so maybe this year I don't have half eaten heads of lettuce problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishRob17 Posted April 20, 2020 Author Share Posted April 20, 2020 13 hours ago, gravitylover said: I think this may end up being the year our property ends up looking more parklike than ever before but I'm going to try to reduce the amount of grass to mow. It seems like 5 days a week we're doing hours of yardwork. We have some good sized projects ahead. If it comes together right we'll have a food producing setup like nobody else in the 'hood. My wife handles the vegetable garden, for the most part. The way I see it, I mow the lawn once a week typically while she has to deal with the garden daily. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gravitylover Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 I deal with outside and do all gardening and overall facilities upkeep and maintenance, my wife feeds us. I like to eat so... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rclab Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 8 hours ago, IrishRob17 said: My wife handles the vegetable garden, for the most part. The way I see it, I mow the lawn once a week typically while she has to deal with the garden daily. 18 minutes ago, gravitylover said: I deal with outside and do all gardening and overall facilities upkeep and maintenance, my wife feeds us. I like to eat so... As a widower, I covet your situations. The good that’s in both of your partnerships will keep them going. As always .... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
etudiant Posted April 21, 2020 Share Posted April 21, 2020 On 4/20/2020 at 8:05 AM, gravitylover said: Heheh my problem is with much smaller critters but our 2 dogs may have solved that, they caught a couple of moles over the last few months so maybe this year I don't have half eaten heads of lettuce problems. The dogs need remedial training, they got the wrong guys. Moles are your friends, they don't do vegetables, only bugs and worms. That said, lawn maintenance and moles are not very compatible, even if veggie gardens and moles are just fine. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juliancolton Posted April 21, 2020 Share Posted April 21, 2020 My dogs are 11 (mastiff) and 17 (tiny poodle mutt)... if they could even see or hear an invading rodent they still couldn't be arsed to get up and do anything about it. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishRob17 Posted April 21, 2020 Author Share Posted April 21, 2020 I’ve never had a problem with moles in the garden....squirrels and chipmunks are another story depending on our weather. If it’s dry I’ve seen the bastards take just a small bite out of tomatoes to get the juice. I almost wish that they had just eaten the whole tomato! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hudsonvalley21 Posted April 21, 2020 Share Posted April 21, 2020 3 hours ago, IrishRob17 said: I’ve never had a problem with moles in the garden....squirrels and chipmunks are another story depending on our weather. If it’s dry I’ve seen the bastards take just a small bite out of tomatoes to get the juice. I almost wish that they had just eaten the whole tomato! Same here, the furry little rodents hit my tomatoes too. Then the friggin birds hit the blue and raspberries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gravitylover Posted April 21, 2020 Share Posted April 21, 2020 OMG the birds wrecked my berry crop last year and those damned furry critters ruined half the tomatoes. I think I need to replace one of the blueberry bushes, it doesn't seem to be coming back, just laid in 36 seedling pots in the house but I think I'm going to get another tray. Tomatoes this year will be in an upside down hanging thing, no bugs and the furry critters seem to ignore those. I need to make some wooden boxes for potatoes, I want to do a couple of different types this year. Not sure what to do about corn because that's another one the chipmunks seemed to like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hitman Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 I hate the moles. I’d like to think I killed them when I put moletox in their tunnels but more likely it was the feral cat hanging around. He took care of the chipmunks, that’s for sure. I have my tomatoes planted in a protected, fenced into the ground, garden and that seems to have worked. But the blueberry bushes I planted get raided by the birds who eat what little fruit they produce. had some good weather yesterday. Some boomers and a little hail. Lost power for 4 hours. Interesting at least. Can’t believe I’m still running the wood burning stove. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juliancolton Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 Fake cold in full effect right now. Already down to 27 in the backyard but but still 35 on top of the hill down the road. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gravitylover Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 Fake flurries falling on a fake cold day in late April. Yup. Flurries are more like light snow now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juliancolton Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 34 minutes ago, gravitylover said: Fake flurries falling on a fake cold day in late April. Yup. Flurries are more like light snow now. I don't have the numbers to back it up, but I'm pretty sure I've seen snow on more days in April than I did in any of the preceding three months. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gravitylover Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 And now it's nice. Sorta. Not looking forward to a washout tomorrow. Being on an anti platelet med kinda sux, I bruise so easily now it's crazy. My hand got jacked into the handlebar when I was riding yesterday and now it's all bruised and swollen, I can't grab things and hold them tight and even the steering wheel and shifter were tough to hold normally. Good thing I don't have to drive much right now I guess. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juliancolton Posted April 27, 2020 Share Posted April 27, 2020 So we're officially past the average first 80F day at POU. Last year came within a few days of all-time latest. Can we do it again? GEFS and EPS certainly show no risk of breaking that particular ceiling any time soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hitman Posted April 27, 2020 Share Posted April 27, 2020 1 hour ago, Juliancolton said: So we're officially past the average first 80F day at POU. Last year came within a few days of all-time latest. Can we do it again? GEFS and EPS certainly show no risk of breaking that particular ceiling any time soon. Well, saturday was nice. Tomorrow should be ok. Spring is the worst season. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juliancolton Posted April 27, 2020 Share Posted April 27, 2020 6 hours ago, Hitman said: Well, saturday was nice. Tomorrow should be ok. Spring is the worst season. It's extra awful this year, both in perception and all objective measures. Usually by May we've had at least one meaningful stretch of decent weather. It seems that the best we can do this spring is the occasional near-normal day when it feels kinda-sorta nice if the wind dies down. We may try to sneak in some transient ridging next weekend, though I don't trust that Friday storm not to overstay its welcome. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gravitylover Posted April 27, 2020 Share Posted April 27, 2020 Yeah right, even on the nice days there's still a crispness that hints of winter. We've really only had 2 or 3 days where the air was warm and 'soft'. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hitman Posted April 28, 2020 Share Posted April 28, 2020 3 hours ago, gravitylover said: Yeah right, even on the nice days there's still a crispness that hints of winter. We've really only had 2 or 3 days where the air was warm and 'soft'. Warmish, not really warm. I feel like this is how it’s been for the last few years. Miserable through May and into June. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Animal Posted April 29, 2020 Share Posted April 29, 2020 Had a dusting of snow Monday morning. 1/4 inch near 730 am Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juliancolton Posted April 29, 2020 Share Posted April 29, 2020 On 4/27/2020 at 3:39 PM, Juliancolton said: It's extra awful this year, both in perception and all objective measures. Usually by May we've had at least one meaningful stretch of decent weather. It seems that the best we can do this spring is the occasional near-normal day when it feels kinda-sorta nice if the wind dies down. We may try to sneak in some transient ridging next weekend, though I don't trust that Friday storm not to overstay its welcome. As feared, the upper low is hanging back more and more with each run. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gravitylover Posted April 29, 2020 Share Posted April 29, 2020 ^^ Damn It's not very springy out there today, not even a little bit. Yuck. Again... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juliancolton Posted April 30, 2020 Share Posted April 30, 2020 The delayed exit seems to have been real, but the ULL trended south today such that we end up under a more diffluent regime for most of Saturday. Clear until evening with potential for spot 70F if that holds. The models have been pretty chaotic with this period. It's been interesting to watch... if there were even whispers of frozen precip, everyone would be losing their minds over these swings. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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